Creating Payroll Unit

A Payroll unit is similar to Unit of Measures used in the Inventory Module. Tally.ERP9 uses payroll units to calculate pay components for a given period. You can create Simple and Compound payroll units depends, measured on attendance/ production types such as Time, Work, or Quantity.

To Create a simpe payroll unit follow these steps

Go to Gateway of Tally - Payroll Info - Units (Work)

Select Type as Simple

Enter the Symbol for the Unit

Enter the Formal Name

Provide the Number of Decimal Places, as applicable

Press Enter to Save.

Similarly, you can create the other Payroll Units such as Minutes, Hours and Pieces etc.

Create a Compound payroll Unit

In a compound unit you can combine two payroll units. For Example, a box of 10 Nos, a dozon of 12 Pcs, and an hour of 60 Min.

To Create a compount payroll unit follow these steps

Go to Gateway of Tally - Payroll Info - Units (Work)

Select Compound in the field type and press enter. In the conversion field you can create the compound payroll unit:

Select the First Unit from the Units List. In the example Hrs is the First Unit

Specify the conversion factor in the Conversion Field. In this Example, the conversion factor is 60.

Specify the Second Unit from the Units List. In this Example, Mins is the Second Unit.

Press Enter to save the compount payroll unit creation screen.

Note: By default, Tally.ERP9 contains four preset Calculation Periods - Day, Fornights, Months and Weeks. However, you can add new payroll units Based on your business needs.